Waiting for Fidel

Waiting for Fidel

5.8

1975-11-14

This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island. (NFB)

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Waiting for Fidel

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This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in their film. The unusual crew consists of former Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood, radio and TV owner Geoff Stirling and NFB film director Michael Rubbo. What happens while the crew awaits its star shows a good deal of the new Cuba, and also of the three Canadians who chose to film the island. (NFB)

Released

1975-11-14

Runtime

57

Director

Michael Rubbo

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

Español

Production

ONF | NFB

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    Geoff Stirling

    Geoff Stirling
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    Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
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    Erich Honecker

    Erich Honecker
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    Bernabe Ordez

    Bernabe Ordez
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    Michael Rubbo

    Michael Rubbo
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    Joey Smallwood

    Joey Smallwood